Farmers’ protest: Transporters call for nation-wide strike in support, threaten to halt supply of essential goods
“From December 8 onwards, we will shut all our operations across North India and stop all our vehicles across North Indian states and UTs [Union Territories] including Delhi, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh, Punjab, Himachal, and Jammu [& Kashmir]. We have decided that if the government still does not agree to the demands of the protesting farmers, then we will call for a Chakka Jam all across India and stop all our vehicles,” said AIMTC president Kultaran Singh Atwal.
The All-India Motor Transport Congress, an umbrella body of goods’ vehicles operators representing about 10 million truckers, has called for a strike from December 8 in support of the farmers’ protest
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